Institute of Design IIT
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Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is an international leader in teaching systemic, human-centered design. Graduate studies at ID focus on the development of advanced design methods and theories, and on the practical demonstration of their utility.
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[edit] History
When one speaks of ID's history, one name quickly comes to mind: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Moholy headed the Visual Fundamentals program that was central to the German Bauhaus, the first school dedicated to the new world of industry. At the Bauhaus, faculty and students looked forward to a new world full of possibilities. They believed that intelligent design could improve the world. The Nazi government, considering the Bauhaus subversive, closed it in 1933.
Four years later, Moholy came to Chicago at the invitation of the American Association of Arts and Industries, which wanted to organize a design school in the hope that it would enhance the economic and cultural life of the city. Moholy instituted his idea of "total education" and dubbed the school "The New Bauhaus." The Association members felt it was too experimental and just over a year later, in the fall of 1938, withdrew their support.
Moholy, however, continued his pursuit. He found an important backer in Walter Paepcke, a member of the Association and chairman of the Container Corporation of America. Paepcke and his wife, Elizabeth, helped Moholy reopen the school under a new name, the Chicago School of Design. In 1944 it acquired its present title, the Institute of Design.
In addition to his distinguished reputation as a painter, photographer, graphic designer, and educator, Moholy brought boundless energy and enthusiasm for the new undertaking. His ideas were more experimental than those of many of his Bauhaus contemporaries. Hence, from its inception ID has had an experimental and theoretical character.
[edit] People
For more than 50 years, students, educators, and research and administrative staff members have come from around the world to be part of the ID community, to dedicate themselves to pushing the boundaries of design. ID alumni work in corporations and consulting firms in top positions as designers and design strategists.
[edit] Graduate Programs
The Institute of Design offers two professional degrees, the Master of Design and the Master of Design Methods, as well as a research degree, the PhD, which was the first doctoral program in design in the United States.
Its graduate curriculum is the world's most highly focused and intensive program for learning advanced methods and for exploring new theories of design. The development of separate research and professional degrees addresses the new commitment of the field to the importance of design research, while recognizing an increasing demand for professional education at the mastery level.
[edit] Conferences
The Institute of Design anually organizes two large design conferences in the Chicago Area. The Strategy Conference is a student run event bringing international executives together to address how businesses can use design to explore emerging opportunities. Another student run event, about with and for, is a conference that deals with emerging trends in Design Research.
[edit] Faculty
[edit] Full-time Faculty
- Jeremy Alexis
Assistant Professor. B.Arch., M.Des., Illinois Institute of Technology. Design and Economics; Design Planning; Innovation and Organizations
- Chris Conley
Associate Professor. B.S., M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology. Product Design & Development, Economics of Product Development, Theories of Innovation, Tools to Support Design and Innovation
- Dale Fahnstrom
Professor. Partner, Fahnstrom/McCoy Design Consultants. B.A., M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Product Design and Development
- Judith Gregory
Assistant Professor. B.A., Antioch College; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego. Design Practices and Processes; Social Theory and Design; Philosophy of Design; Healthcare Information Design.
- John Grimes
Professor. B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology. Digital Imaging, Interaction Design, and Visualization.
- Vijay Kumar
Associate Professor. M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology. Strategic Innovation Planning; Innovation Methods; Information Structuring and Visualization.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus. B.S., Purdue University; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology. Design Methodology and Theory, Computer-Supported Design Processes
- Greg Prygrocki
Associate Professor. B.I.D., University of Manitoba, Canada; M.V.A., University of Alberta, Canada. Communication Design
- Keiichi Sato
Professor. B.S., M.S., Osaka Institute of Technology; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology. Interactive Systems Design, Design Theory and Methodology, Product/System Architecture
- Patrick Whitney
Professor and Director. M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art. Design Planning and Evaluation, Innovation Methods, User Observation Methods.
[edit] Adjunct Faculty
- Carol Crews
Design consultant, Chicago. Introduction to Design.
- Mark Jones
Service Design Lead, IDEO, Chicago. Service Design, Observing Users.
- Larry Keeley
President, Doblin, Chicago. Strategic Design Planning.
- Peter Laundy
Business Concept Developer/Illustrator, Doblin, Chicago. Brand Communication, Business Concept Illustration.
- Peter Lawrence
Chairman, Corporate Design Foundation, Boston. Design Planning and Strategy.
- Tina Leto
Photographer, Chicago Introduction to Photography.
- Aaron Marcus
President, Aaron Marcus & Associates, Berkeley. Interface Design.
- JoEllen Kames
Manager, Mobile Interaction Design, Motorola, Chicago, IL Interaction Design
- Matt Mayfield
Business Planning Manager, Motorola, Libertyville, IL. Product Planning.
- Todd McCullough
Doblin, Chicago. Design Planning Implementation, Organizational Behavior
- Peter Pfanner
Director, Global Design Integration, Motorola, Schaumburg, IL. Product Design and Development.
- Ryan Powell
Manager, Mobile Interaction Design, Motorola, Chicago, IL Interaction Design
- Russ Rosenzweig
CEO, Round Table Group, Chicago. Business Frameworks.
- Denise Steiner
Product development and user research consultant, Chicago. Research methods, development process, product design.
- Jeff Tull
Project manager, Doblin, Chicago. Innovation strategy, including new product and service development.
- Bill Verplank
Stanford University, Stanford, CA. User Studies and Advanced Product Development.
- Denis Weil
Senior Director, Innovation Planning and Advanced Concepts, McDonald's Corporation, Oak Brook, IL. Service Design.
[edit] Programs
[edit] MDes Program
The MDes program is a professional program terminating with a design project demonstrating the application of new theories and processes to contemporary and developing problems.
[edit] MDM Program
The MDM is a condensed/part-time executive degree for mid-career designers, managers, engineers and other leaders of innovation, focusing exclusively on advanced methods and frameworks for leading innovation and strategy teams.
[edit] PhD Program
The PhD is a degree culminating in a dissertation that extends the body of knowledge about design theory and process. ID was the first design school in the United States to offer a PhD degree program in 1991.
[edit] Institute of Design former names and locations
New Bauhaus - American School of Design
- 1938 Praire Avenue, Chicago
The School of Design in Chicago
- 1939-1945 Ontario Street, Chicago
The Institute of Design
- 1945 N. State Street, Chicago
- 1946 - 1956 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago
- 1956 S.R. Crown Hall IIT campus on South State Street
[edit] Prominent Alumni
- Roger Sweet (MS 1960), Creator of He-Man from Mattel
